Middle East Part 2 Flashcards
What is the term for the scattering of Jews in the middle east?
Diaspora
what is Zionism?
development and protection of a Jewish nation
What was the purpose of the Balfour Declaration?
British turned to Jews/Zionists for money
what was the deal that came from the Balfour Declaration?
Zionists Movement supported the British with money and Jews get homeland.
what was the Hussein Correspondence?
British & French turns to Arabs to help against the Ottoman Turks
what was the deal made from the Hussein Correspondence?
Take the land and give it to the Arab Rulers
what was the U.N Partition Plan?
They wanted to divide the country up in a way that each country would get a majority of its own people.
what was the Israeli War of Independence? What was another name for it? What year?
Arabs and 6 surrounding countries attack Isreal but Isreal wins and becomes an independent state.
called the Catastrophe to the Arabs
takes place in 1948.
what was the 6-day war? What was another name for it? What year?
Isreal strikes an attack to strike against boring countries and wins and gains the Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Gaza strip, and Golan Heights.
Also called the “setback”
takes place in 1967
what is the Yom Kippur War/Ramadan War? what year?
in 1973 purpose was for Arabs to get there land back but Isreal gets help from the U.S.
why did Isreal belife they should live there ?
They were god’s chosen people.
what was the Intifada?
Suicide bombers, strikes and boycotts
what is a martyr?
A person that dies for there religious belief.
what was the camp, David?
U.S. president let the two people talk and Eygipt recognizes Israel’s right to be a country if they give the Sini Peninsula.
Oslo accords or peace treaty #2?
Palestinians agree to stop the violence
Israel agrees to move out of parts of the west bank.
